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Alerts and Events: Vermont
These postings are provided to help publicize and provide examples of the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Save Vermont’s Green Mountains – Protect the Lowell Ridgeline
Save The Lowell Mountains, Save Vermont’s Green Mountains ! www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-vermonts-green-mountains-save-the-lowell-mountains We the undersigned petition The Vermont Public Service Board To Deny the Application for Public Good made by Quebec Gaz Metro’s Green Mountain Power for the Lowell Wind/Kingdom Wind project – Dockets: 7156, 7250, 7508, 7628 The Lowell Mountains in Vermont are currently targeted by a foreign owned power company to be developed into a industrial scale wind project. Building the proposed twenty one 400ft tall turbines will require the construction . . .
Aesthetics, Environment, Hearings, Vermont, Wildlife •
Source: Craftsbury Conservation Commission
Speak out to protect Lowell Mountain!
Join us on Facebook – Craftsbury Conservation Commission On September 23rd, at the Lowell Grade School (route 100) in Lowell, Vermont, there is a critical Public Service Board hearing that could decide the fate of the Lowell Mountains. Speak out! “No, we will not allow the lure of tax incentives to destroy or mountain tops!” But soon it will be too late. Vermonters have fought long and hard to prohibit bill boards and keep suburban sprawl at bay. Vermonters have . . .
Statehouse press conference on wind turbine health concerns
After attempting to get relevant legislative committees to hear testimony from the doctors on Thursday and getting nowhere, Room 11 (the big room downstairs in the Statehouse) has been reserved for Energize Vermont to hold a press conference on Friday, May 7, at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Nissenbaum will be available to make a presentation and answer questions. This is your opportunity to show up in person and demonstrate the public’s concern about wind turbines on Vermont’s mountains. The legislature will . . .
Doctors to Discuss Turbine Health Impacts at Wind Energy Forum
May 6th Rutland Regional Medical Center Event First of Its Kind in the United States Rutland, VT – For the first time ever, an upcoming community wind forum will allow two doctors to publicly discuss the issue of health impacts created by industrial wind turbines. The Rutland Regional Medical Center will be hosting the Community Forum on Wind Energy on Thursday, May 6th, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the CVPS/Leahy Community Health Center. This forum will feature two physician . . .
Advertisements, Aesthetics, Economics, Essays, Health, Law, Vermont •
Source: Lowell Mountain Group
A ‘No’ Vote at Lowell Town Meeting, March 2
To the people of Lowell: Attending all the informational meetings in Lowell concerning the current effort to erect 400 foot wind turbines, covering several miles of the Lowell Mountain ridge line, leaves me troubled by the questions that have not been answered – perhaps not even asked yet. When we meet as a community we should always look at that underlying question; How will we offer our children and grandchildren a life, here in our towns, with a decent standard . . .
Health, Meetings, Noise, Presentations, Press releases, Property values, Vermont •
Source: Lowell Mountain Group
Information Meeting on Industrial Wind Turbines, February 18
(Lowell, VT) The Lowell Mountain Group is hosting an information meeting on industrial wind turbines on February 18 at the Lowell Graded School, from 7 to 9 pm. This is a rescheduling of the meeting planned for January 28th that was cancelled because of weather. The meeting includes a panel of speakers and the opportunity to ask questions about issues that keep coming up in rural communities where industrial wind projects have been sited or proposed. There will be four . . .
Announcements, Press conferences, Press releases, Vermont •
Source: Energize Vermont
Energize Vermont Launch Press Conference
Energize Vermont Launch Press Conference Tuesday Jan. 26 11:45 a.m. Cedar Creek Room, State House, Montpelier Energize Vermont Will Support Community Energy Solutions New Grassroots Group Pushes For Responsible Renewables and Conservation Grassroots activists from around the state will gather at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, January 26 in the State House in Montpelier to announce the formation of Energize Vermont, a new group supporting community energy projects in Vermont. John Liccardi, the President of the Energize Vermont Board of Directors, . . .
